'Forget about 007. This heroine has her own brand of spycraft...'  - Maureen Corrigan, Washington Post

'Gripping, magnificently written . . . This is a cool, strolling boulevardier of a book, worldly, wry, unrushed but never slow, which casts its gaze upon the middle of the last century and forces us to consider how it might be failing us still'  - Charles Finch, New York Times Book Review

'The personal is most definitely political in Rosalie Knecht's crisp, lively and subversive second novel, Who Is Vera Kelly? . . . John le Carré and many other writers make hay with the personal repercussions of assuming false identity. Knecht flips the terms artfully, showing us a heroine who discovers her true tough self by going undercover'  - Jean Zimmerman, NPR, “Best Books of 2018”

'Knecht’s novel is a slow-burn espionage thriller, a complex treatment of queer identity, and an immersive period piece all rolled into one delectable page-turner . . . Vera Kelly introduces a fascinating new spy to literature’s mystery canon―one we hope sticks around long beyond this snappy, intimate debut'  - David Canfield, Entertainment Weekly

'Who Is Vera Kelly? is the twisty, literary, woman-driven spy novel you’ve always wanted to read'  - Amy Stewart, New York Times bestselling author of Girl Waits with Gun